Cathedral of Tarragona Melcior Juncà i Farré (

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, 1757 - Tarragona, 1824) was a Catalan ''

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,'' composer and music theorist. He was son of a musician, Jacinto Juncà. From 1798 to 1806 he was chapel master at the

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. His treatise ''La Melopea desconocida'' describes a method based on speculative and practical division of the octave into twenty-four parts.

Works, editions, recordings

His output is primarily of religious music in Latin; Masses, antiphons,

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s; and vernacular Spanish songs, ''

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s'', and villancicos. His motet ''Beata mater'' was recorded in 2007.Booklet to recording
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Junca, Melcior 1757 births 1824 deaths Spanish composers Spanish male composers